Make Every Effort

   I just couldn’t help myself…I always seem to make that same mistake…I didn’t mean to do it…I keep falling into that same trap…I was just going to do it one more time…   Have you ever heard yourself making one of these statements? When we slip and fall it’s usually because we’ve chosen a…

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Cup Overflowing

   I love to be able to count on the blessings of God. I love to think that He will bless me as it says in Deuteronomy 28, “Your towns and your fields will be blessed. Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed. Your…

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My Song of Praise

My enemy is not a person. My need for rescue is not from a person. My enemy is _______________. Verses earlier in this chapter say, “The waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.” Do you have…

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I Scratch Your Back, You…

We live in a world of order. There are laws of nature that cannot be changed. Take the law of gravity—what goes up must come down. The sun rises and the sun sets. There is a natural order to the world around us. So it is typically with people. If I treat you nicely, you…

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Deprivation or Abundance?

The Great Depression — we’ve all heard stories of farmers who were about to lose the farm when someone came along and asked to drill for oil. With nothing left to lose they agreed only to have the oil company hit a gusher–82,000 barrels of oil a day. Immediately, the farmer becomes a millionaire several…

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The Quest

Why? Why has God given believers so many promises? Peter shares with us that He has given us these promises for two reasons—that we can take part in (enjoy the benefits of) His divinity and so that we can escape corruption cause by our human desires.  Enjoying the benefits of His divinity is seen every…

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